Atticus, Jem and Scout's father, is a lawyer who is apparently trying to defend a black man while raping a white girl. Answered by mackenzie b #640624 on 4/20/2017 1:34 AM atticus is trying to defend a black man named tom robinson
Search. A linking verb is a verb which connects a subject to its predicate without expressing an action. A linking verb is used to re-identify or describe its subject. The word, phrase, or clause which follows a linking verb to re-identify or describe the subject is called the subject complement. The most common linking verb is the verb to be.
There are verbs that can be linking verbs in SOME sentences, but are action verbs in other sentences. One way to determine if the verb is functioning as an action verb or a linking verb is to substitute the word âisâ for the verb in question. If the sentence still makes sense, then it is probably a linking verb. If the sentence would not make sense with the word âis,â then it is probably an action verb in the sentence. The following are examples of verbs that can be linking verbs in some sentences and action verbs in other sentences: